Hearing Documents

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 8-1 on Tuesday, June 21, 2016.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 794:
Agreed to by record vote of 227-172, after agreeing to the previous question by reocrd vote of 229-169, on Tuesday, July 5, 2016.

MANAGERS:Stivers/McGovern

1. Structured rule.

2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read through page 265, line 9.

5. Waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI, except beginning with ": Provided further" on page 122, line 19, through "2012" on page 122, line 22.

6. Provides that where points of order are waived against part of a paragraph, a point of order may only be raised against the exposed provision and not the entire paragraph.

7. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the rule, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of the rule. Each amendment printed in the report may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

8. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the rule.

9. Provides that it shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

10. Provides that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate.

11. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

12. Section 6 provides that section 1201 of H.R. 5485 shall be considered to be a spending reduction account for purposes of section 3(d) of House Resolution 5.

Amendments (click headers to sort)

Prohibits funds from being used to enforce the requirement in section 316(b)(4)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act that solicitation of contribution from member corporations’ stockholders or personnel from a trade association be separately and specifically approved by the member corporation involved prior to the solicitation, and that such member corporations does not approve any such solicitation by more than one trade association in any calendar year.

Revised Prohibits funds made available by the Act from being used to implement, administer or enforce any of the rules proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted by the FCC on March 31, 2016 (FCC 16-39), intended to regulate consumer privacy obligations as necessitated by the FCC’s net neutrality regime.

Revised Provides that none of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to plan for, begin, continue,complete, process, or approve a public-private competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any regulation of the same substance.

Prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer or enforce Section 902(b) of the Trade Sanction Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 which requires agriculture commodities sales to Cuba be carried out on a cash basis.

Late Revised Prohibits funds made available by the Act to be used to pay final judgments, awards, compromise settlements, or interest and costs specified in the judgments to Iran using amounts appropriated under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, or interest from amounts appropriated under such section.

Late Revised The amendment would prohibit funds made available by the Act to be used to circumvent the conditions of Section 104 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010.

Late Blocks discretionary payments from Treasury paying officials to certify and remit payments under any final judgments, awards, compromise settlements, or interest and costs specified in any judgments related to Section 1342 of PPACA.

Revised Decreases by $20.7 million the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) account to offset an inappropriate augmentation of this account outside of the congressional appropriations process by the Department of Justice through settlement agreements which required banks to donate $20.7 million to certified CDFI entities.

Requires any franchise business obtaining an SBA-guaranteed loan receive from the franchisor Year 1 average unit revenues and failure rates for the previous five years in their financial disclosure document. The franchisor must also provide average unit revenues for all franchised units for the top 25%, middle 50%, and the bottom 25%.

Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles unless those vehicles meet the requirements of President Obama’s May 24, 2011 Executive Order on Federal Fleet Performance.

Removes language that would prohibit appropriated funds from being used to pay for abortions or for the administrative expenses in connection with mutli-state qualified health plans that provide coverage for abortions.

Late Withdrawn Prevents funds from being used to further implement the Security and Exchange Commission's study and rulemaking authority under section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Prohibits the use of funds to designate any nonbank financial company as "too big to fail" or as a "systemically important financial institution" or to make a determination that material financial distress at a nonbank financial company could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability.

Prohibits the government from entering into a contract with an entity that discloses, as it is required to by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that it has been convicted of fraud or another criminal offense in the last three years in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public contract or subcontract. Prohibits the government from contracting with entities that have been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes for which the liability remains unsatisfied.

Revised Prohibits funding for OMB to review any regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that infringes on the rights that are secured by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Prohibits funds from being used by the CFPB to commence any administrative adjudication or civil action beyond the 3 year statute of limitation established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Revised Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to implement, administer, enforce, or codify into regulation, the SEC's guidance relating to "Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change"

Late Revised Provides that none of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any officer or employee to establish, operate, maintain, or otherwise permit a non-government automated information system for use when conducting official Government business.

Revised Prohibits any funds from being used to issue a license pursuant to any Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) memo regarding section 5.1.1 of Annex II to the JCPOA, including the OFAC memo titled, “Statement of Licensing Policy For Activities Related to the Export Or Re-Export to Iran of Commercial Passenger Aircraft and Related Parts and Services’’ and any other OFAC memo of the same substance.

Revised Prohibits any funds from being used to authorize a transaction by a U.S. financial institution (as defined under section 561.309 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations) that is ordinarily incident to the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran

Late States no funds provided in this Act shall be used for the Internal Revenue Service to use the Department of the Treasury’s civil asset forfeiture authority to seize property based on allegations of structuring financial transactions, as defined under 31 U.S.C. § 5324, unless the funds are derived from an illegal source or otherwise connected to criminal activity under than structuring.

Late States no funds provided in this act shall be used by the IRS to require a tax exempt organization to include in annual returns the name, address, or other identifying information of contributors to a 501(c) organization.

Late Prohibits funds to issue tax return payments that have been identified by the Internal Revenue Service as potentially fraudulent or claiming a questionable tax credit unless the Internal Revenue Service first conducts a verification to determine that the payment is not improper or fraudulent.

Late Prohibits funds to the IRS to hire or employ any non-IRS personnel to receive or examine books, papers, records, or other data produced in compliance with an IRS summons or to participate in any way in the interview of witnesses summoned by the IRS to provide testimony under oath.

Prohibits funds from being used by the Treasury Department and the IRS to require or accept social security numbers of donors from donee organizations for the purpose of charitable contribution substantiation.

Late Strikes the provision in DC Code requiring concealed carry applicants demonstrate good reason to fear injury to his or her person or property as a condition of applying for the concealed carry license

Withdrawn Prohibits funds from being used to expand the Lifeline program to provide support for broadband internet access until the Federal Communications Commission implements an operating budget that includes a cap that does not exceed $2,000,000,000.

Strikes section 639, which prohibits funds from being used by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) to enforce regulations or rules with respect to payday loans, vehicle title loans, or other similar loans during FY 2017.

Late Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce a fiduciary duty rule that is less protective of investors and seniors than the final rule of the Department of Labor published April 8, 2016.

Prohibits use of fund to pay any retirement benefit under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System to a Member of Congress who has been convicted, while serving as a Member, of any crime that is a felony under Federal or state law.